Extremely high sensitive plasmonic refractive index sensors based on metallic grating

Plasmonics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Li, X F ^a   Yu, S F ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffracted waves; Metallic grating; Refractive index sensors; Rigorous coupled wave approach; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649705902     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-010-9155-6     Document Type: Article

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